The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-25
A BIG SPLIT IN MARYLAND
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS TO
SUPPORT THE RADICALS.

State Convention Which Causes a
Sensation-Walter B. Brooks the GU
bernatorial Candidate of the Repub-
licans.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 24-Tbe State Repub-
lican Convention met at noon to-day in this
city and was the largest and most enthusi-
astic gathering of Republicans held in Mary
land for many years, Congressman Nc
Comas presided. The nominations were as
follows:
For Governor-Walter B. Brooks, of Bal
tmore.
For Comptroler-R. B. Dixon, of Talbot
county.
For Attorney General-Francis Miller, of
Montgomery county
After the business of the convention was
concluded sensation was caused by the
appearance on the floor of John K. Cowen,
a prominent lawyer and leader of the re-
form movement in the Democratic party
He was introduced, and in one of the
strongest speeches ever listened to in this
city pledged to the Republican ticket the
full support of the Independent Democrats
He arraigned the regular Democracy
for gross frauds i'll the late
primary elections, and said that
decent Democrats were sick and tired of
being deluded by promises of reform within
the party and had finally concluded to try
and getit from their old enemies, the Re
publicans. The reform movement has
gained considerable strength, and the en-
dorsement of the straight Republican ticket
has caused considerable excitement.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform declares that reform in the
civil service should be thorough, radical
and complete. To that end it demands the
cooperation of the Legislature with the
executive department of the government,
and that Congress shall SO legislate
that fitness, ascertained by a proper and
practical competition shall admit to the
public service; that the tenure of
offices shall be made secure during good
behavior, and that the power of removal
for cause shall accompany the power of ap
pointment; that the principles thus declared
with reference to the national government
shall be applied in their full force to the
government Of the State of Maryland and
city of Baltimore; that the President of
the United States by his action
in regard to the Federal appointments
in this State has given conclusive evidence
that his professions of civil service reform
are hollow and delusive, and his failure to
call the Federal officeholders to account for
their open and shameless disregard of his
own declarations that they should not en-
gage in efFsrts to control the political
action Of ther own party, is confession
of insincerity on his part, or proof
that his will is controlled by the stronger
will of the senior Senator from Maryland;
that it is the imperatits duty of Congress
to pass the measure known as tn, Blair edu .
cational bill or some equivalent provision
for aiding the States in removing the illit-
eracy which now exists in so many of them.
Co-EDUCATIoN WANTED.
The platform goes on to suggest laws for
preventing discrimination in the public
schools against colored children, for regu
lating and adjusting differences between
labor and capital, for the abolition of the
system of enforced tobacco inspection, for
the passage of such laws as will effectually
protect American labor and American
society from the influences of the pauper
and criminal classes of other countries
and the competition of convict labor at
hsme; favoring the passage of more strin-
gent laws against the use of money at cleo
tons; for an equitable system of taxation
and revision of the revenue laws.
BLAINE CHEERED IN IOWA.
DEsMoINEs, Ia, Aug. 24.-The Republi
can State Convention met about noon.
Temporary Chairman John Brennan, of
Sioux City, made speech to the conven-
ton, in which every reference to Blaine was
roundly applauded, and at the mention of
Senator Allison the house nearly went wild.
Gov. Larrabee and Lieut.. Gov. Hunt were
renominated by acclamation and without
nominating speeches or opposition.
On the fifth ballot for Supreme Judge
Senator Georges. Robinson was nominated.
For Superintendent of Public Instructions
Henry Sabin, Of Clinton, was nominated on
the third ballot
A BLOODY SHIRT SCREED.
Following are extracts from the long plat
form:
"The Republicans of Iowa accept as
settled old issues and the conclusive results
OF the war, and hail with patriotic satisfac-
tion all sincere evidences of returning frater-
nifty and reunion. The new issues raised in
the South since the war against the right of
every freeman TO cast his vote unmolested,
and have it honestly counted, and against
the right of majority rule in the
States and nation are yet to be
settled. We deny that the suffrage is purely
local question for each State to regulate
in whole or suppress in part, as it chooses.
Suppression Of the votes of the black men
in the South is not only wrong to
them, it is also in national
sense in the election Of Congressman bold
and successful method to make one vote in
the South count for as much as two in the
North. Therefore it is wrong which
reaches into every neighborhood and to
every voter in the Union. 1t is also used to
degrade the negroes of the South into ser
vice, and form of cheap labor with which
free labor everywhere must soon be brought
into competition.
IN FAVOR OF PROTECTION.
1--WE continue to favor a protective tariff
for the upbuilding of American industries
and development of all our resources as a
nation. We also favor it for the protection
Of American labor, and in such degree as
will maintain to such labor the advantage
OF the difference between the wages Of the
workmgmen of Europe and America. We
believe the tariff should be revised and re-
duced wherever this policy will allow and
the public interests approve.
The strictest honesty, economy and re-
trenchment should be required and fol
lowed in the expenditure of all public
money. and we declare for all possible and
practicable reduction of taxation, both
national and State We are opposed to
criminal and vicious immigration OF all
kinds to threaten the public welfare
and disturb the social peace, ana
to all pauper immigration and convict or
coolie labor, or TO contract of prison labor
by the State to bring unfair composition to
American workingman.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The civil service law, enacted by the
heDubican nartV and now Naprantiy